Shots fired during family fight in South Renton | POLICE BLOTTER PART 1

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

Shots were fired in a southeast Renton neighborhood Sept. 21 after an uncle and nephew argued over a financial situation that occurred several years ago.

The two men were in the other’s face when the 59-year-old uncle told his 45-year-old nephew that “I’ll put a bang in you.” A witness interpreted that to mean he would shoot him.

The nephew got a hammer from the garage and the argument continued. Eventually, he put the hammer down and left in his car. He passed his uncle, standing next to a motorcycle, who fired a pistol at him. The uncle then left.

In assessing the situation, officers determined that firing the pistol had endangered nearby residents with injury or death. Officers checked nearby homes, but everyone was OK.

Officers determined there was probable cause to arrest the Renton man for investigation of first-degree assault, domestic violence, and reckless endangerment.

GUNS STOLEN: About $5,000 in tools and two guns were stolen, along with a company pickup truck, Sept. 16 outside a tavern on East Valley Road.

The driver of the Ford F-350, a 55-year-old Hoquiam man, was inside the tavern, eating dinner.

Also stolen was a laptop computer.

WOMAN ASSAULTS HOSPITAL SECURITY: Two security officers were assaulted Sept. 16 at Valley Medical Center by a woman who had just been treated at the emergency room.

As she sat down on the ground, she told a Renton Police officer “If you don’t kill them, I will.” She cursed when asked what was wrong.

As she waited for a room in the ER, she had followed other people on her hands and knees. After treatment, she was escorted to the sidewalk but turned and followed the security officers, punching one multiple times in the face.

The 24-year-old Sammamish woman was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.